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Brew not bubbling yet - maybe dodgy yeast
Posted: Wednesday Apr 06, 2005 2:15 pm
by simonb
Hi
I kicked off a coopers real ale on Sunday and still the wort doesn't seem to be bubbling away like it normally does by this time
I tried re-hydrating the yeast (that came with the can), but it didn't seem to work and I just ended up with some muddy looking water - but pitched it anyway. When I opened the yeast packed it did not look right either - sort of clumpy.
Any recommendations on what to do
Posted: Wednesday Apr 06, 2005 2:22 pm
by johnnynostars
Dunno if this will work, but it's worth a try:
Boil a kettle of water and pour this over and around the surface of the fermenter. The heat might be enough to get it going. I've done this only a couple of times, with some success. It may have been a fluke though
Posted: Wednesday Apr 06, 2005 2:39 pm
by Hrundi V Bakshi
Heating the fermenter will only help if low temperature is the cause of the failed start.
Mr simonb,
Is there a layer of froth on the top of the wort?
What temperature was the water in which you rehydrated the yeast, sir?
Posted: Wednesday Apr 06, 2005 2:48 pm
by simonb
Hi
the water was only just warm when I sprinkled the yeast in
the temp of the wort at brewing was about 24 (according to the stick on thermometer on the side of my plastic fermenter) and it has been at around 20 for the past few days
Posted: Wednesday Apr 06, 2005 3:02 pm
by Hrundi V Bakshi
Sir,
Bubbling thru the airlock is only an indication that your fermenter is having a seal, not that there is fermentation happening. You should be looking for things like froth on top of the brew and a decrease in specific gravity of the wort as indiacations that the yeast is being working.
Posted: Wednesday Apr 06, 2005 3:06 pm
by simonb
hi
yes - there is some froth on top - so ok i'll stop worrying and carry on as normal
thanks for your help
Posted: Wednesday Apr 06, 2005 9:14 pm
by Dogger Dan
One thing the guru
forgot to mention is listen. A good fermentation will snap crackle and pop.
Dogger
Posted: Thursday Apr 07, 2005 12:36 pm
by Hrundi V Bakshi
I also was not mentioning smelling for carbon dioxiade. There was one funny fellow here who stuck is head in the bucket and did pass out.
Posted: Thursday Apr 07, 2005 12:40 pm
by Dogger Dan
To see that Kampi,
would be worth the price of admission
Dogger
Posted: Thursday Apr 07, 2005 7:42 pm
by The hooha man
Hrundi V Bakshi wrote:I also was not mentioning smelling for carbon dioxiade. There was one funny fellow here who stuck is head in the bucket and did pass out.
Was it the co2,or was the bucket empty as well